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Meet the team

You are in good hands with the GenQA team, who collectively hold a vast amount of experience in clinical diagnostics, research and quality assessment in the field of genomics.


Here are the names and faces of all the GenQA team who help to serve the international genomic community with our External Quality Assessments and educational activities. The senior scientific staff are all registered with The Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC), who regulate the workforce in the UK.

 

See below for individual contact details for EQAs.

Director (Consultant Clinical Scientist)

Professor Sandi Deans, PhD

Professor Sandi Deans, PhD

HCPC Registered Clinical Scientist

Scientific Managerial and Operational oversight of all GenQA services. Genomic and Inherited disorders, Molecular Pathology, NGS, PGT, Molecular Newborn screening, PGx, HGVS nomenclature, Viral sequencing, Variant classification, Clinical Genetics and Quality management.

Deputy Directors (Principal Clinical Scientists)

Dave Cregeen, PhD

Dave Cregeen, PhD

HCPC Registered Clinical Scientist

Genomic and Inherited disorders, NGS, Molecular Newborn screening, HGVS nomenclature, Viral sequencing and Variant classification.

Jenni Fairley, PhD

Jenni Fairley, PhD

HCPC Registered Clinical Scientist

Molecular pathology (solid tumours) and Variant classification.

Farrah Khawaja

Farrah Khawaja

HCPC Registered Clinical Scientist

Genomic and Inherited disorders, NGS and PGT.

Fiona Oswald

Fiona Oswald

HCPC Registered Clinical Scientist

Haemato-oncology cytogenomics, ISCN and NIPT.

Katrina Rack, PhD

Katrina Rack, PhD

HCPC Registered Clinical Scientist

Haemato-oncology cytogenomics and Clinical Genetics.

Mark Sales

Mark Sales

HCPC Registered Clinical Scientist

Constitutional cytogenomic disorders, Breakage syndromes, ISCN, PGT and Variant classification.

Melody Tabiner

Melody Tabiner

HCPC Registered Clinical Scientist

Constitutional cytogenomics disorders, ISCN, Variant classification and Clinical Genetics.

Becky Treacy

Becky Treacy

HCPC Registered Clinical Scientist

Genomic and Inherited disorders and Pharmacogenomics.

Operational Manager

Wendy Hannant

Wendy Hannant

Operational Manager

Management of EQA distributions

Quality Managers

Wendy Hannant

Wendy Hannant

Quality Manager

Compliance to ISO 17043.

Bettina Quellhorst

Bettina Quellhorst

Quality Manager

Compliance to ISO 17043, Corporate and Marketing Lead

Technologists

Cheryl Guiver

Cheryl Guiver

Technical Officer

Technical data and organisational support, registrations and invoicing enquiries

Emily Clough, PhD

Emily Clough, PhD

Senior Genetic Technologist

Molecular pathology (solid tumours) and Haemato-oncology cytogenomics

Fiona Moon

Fiona Moon

Senior Genetic Technologist

Sample Handling EQA Lead

Angie Kolozi

Angie Kolozi

Genetic Technologist

GENie Lead

Effy Kougia

Effy Kougia

Genetic Technologist

Cytogenomics EQAs

Sandra Romero

Sandra Romero

Genetic Technologist

NGS, Molecular Newborn screening and Viral sequencing EQAs

Abbie Trosh

Abbie Trosh

Genetic Technologist

Molecular pathology EQAs and Tissue-i Lead

Fiona Brown

Fiona Brown

Healthcare Scientist Associate Practitioner

Technical and organisational support

Lauren Reid

Lauren Reid

Healthcare Scientist Associate Practitioner

Technical and organisational support

Andrew Todd-Hems

Andrew Todd-Hems

Healthcare Scientist Associate Practitioner

Technical and organisational support

Rona Werner

Rona Werner

Healthcare Scientist Associate Practitioner

Technical and organisational support

Marketing and Business Officer

Mihaela Bachvarova

Mihaela Bachvarova

Marketing and Business Officer

Administrators

Emma Guiver

Emma Guiver

Office Administrator

Anna Nosorowska

Anna Nosorowska

Office Administrator

External Consultants

Ros Hastings, PhD

Ros Hastings, PhD

HCPC Registered Clinical Scientist

ISCN consultant

 

External Advisors

GenQA relies on the scientific knowledge and dedication of our expert scientific assessors and members of the Specialist Advisory Groups (SAG). More information on these roles can be found at https://genqa.org/work-with-us